Posted: October 07, 1999 at 08:03:44: by shadowfax
: The latter. Gandalf explains as much in "The Council of Elrond". Sauron spoke those words as he put the Ring on. Undoubtedly he inscribed the Ring when he made it. The Elves heard him speak, took their Rings off, and centuries later when they learned what happened to the captured Rings they made the rhyme and included Sauron's verse in it.yes, but the rhyme is not just a child's jingle. It is a sort of spell. If the elves had written it, it would contain lament, not triumph. Repeating the rhyme really works some form of magic. Remember the sky darkening when Gandalf spoke it in the Black Tongue at Elrond's council. The entire rhyme must have been written in that language initially, and later translated to the Common Speech. The rhyme must have been written by Sauron as a covenant or magical invocation to what he wished of the Ring.
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